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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Vote-A-Rama!

Olivia Beavers at Politico:

$1.9T ‘TIL INFINITY: Senate Democrats are on the verge of passing President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, with GOP leaders urging their members to unanimously oppose it. But Republicans are still debating how painful to make things for Democrats.

The Senate GOP is discussing whether to drag out the “vote-a-rama” of unlimited amendments overnight, likely on Thursday.

“I’m hoping for infinity. There are people talking about trying to set up a schedule and having it go on and on,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

He said some in his party want to go all night overnight and keep adding amendments, while he has suggested to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to spread the pain over two days. Of course his preference is that the debate literally never ends: “I don’t really want it to pass, so infinity would be a good answer.”

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